药片 (yàopiàn) · pill

药 yào · medicine

What 药 is made of

• 艹cǎo — grass
• 约yuē — treaty
  • 纟sī — silk
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 勺sháo — spoon
    • 勹bāo — wrap shape
    • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 约 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

片 piàn · slice

What 片 is made of

片 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.

Origin hint: Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)